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TIL The Defense Department spent an estimated $100 million for airline tickets that were not used over a six-year period and failed to seek refunds even though the tickets were reimbursable

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VvjZ TIL American soldiers during WWII started a riot in New Zealand because they didn’t segregate their bars and they didn’t want to drink with non-white people.
xwl0 TIL in 1982 a U of TX student received a C for a paper he wrote in support of the ratification of a 1789 amendment to the constitution regarding Congress’s pay because it was deemed “unrealistic”. In response he started a campaign to ratify it, and 10 years later it became the 27th amendment.
kOR71 TIL Canada has a French and English National Anthem, both to the same tune, with lyrics meaning completely different things.
ARYw TIL The average life expectancy for a white, gay, HIV positive man is 89. They are, statistically, the longest-living demographic of individuals in the U.S.
4koao TIL almost 75 percent of the refrigeration and air conditioning sector can be converted to natural refrigerants, such as ammonia